Phrs. Wrong, messed up. E.g."Our whole holiday went all
to pot when Dad got arrested for being drunk."

almond rocks

Noun. Socks. Cockney rhyming slang, often shortened to almonds.

alright!

Exclam. Hello. A greeting. No answer is expected to what is
inherently a question. Northern dialect has created the phonetic corruption
awreet.

amber nectar

Noun. Lager. [Orig. Aust.]

anchors

Noun. Brakes. E.g."I slammed the anchors on and hit my head
on the steering wheel."

(the) Andrew

Noun. The Royal Navy.

ane

Noun. Abb. of anus.

ankle-biters

Noun. Children, particularly crawling babies. [Orig. Aust.]

anorak

Noun. An often socially inept person, having an obsessive interest
in a hobby or subject. Usually has little or no fashion sense, and errs
towards eccentricity. Originates from the 'trainspotter' look, of wearing
anoraks; spending so much time at the end of station platforms in all
weathersnecessitates the wearing of such attire. Cf. 'trainspotter'. Derog.

answers on a postcard

Phrs. If anyone has any ideas, or a response, to the question/problem that has just been posed, please let me know? From when, during the 1970s and 80s, blank postcards were used by viewers to mail answers to competition questions posed on TV programmes, in the hope of winning a prize. The advent of SMS and phonelines ensured the end of the postcards as a means of entering competitions.

antwacky

Adj. Old fashioned. Possibly from antique(y) or antiquated. E.g."Oh no
way! I'm not wearing those shoes, they're so antwacky." [Merseyside/West
Lancashire use]

any cop

Phrs. Of value, of any worth. E.g."Have you heard their
new CD? I heard it was rubbish but do you think it's any cop?" See
'cop' (adj). Cf. 'no cop'.

any road

Adv. Anyway. Also spelt anyroad. [Northern use]

apeshit

See 'go apeshit'.

apeth

Noun. A pet name for a silly person. A shortening of daft
apeth. Apeth, derived from haypneeworth(half a penny's
worth) but pronounced ha'p'orth.

apple (core)

Noun. 20. Cockney rhyming slang on 'score'. [1950s]

apples and pears

Noun. Stairs. Possibly the most commonly expressed piece of
Cockney rhyming slang that is used as an example of such, or used in jocular
mimicry. The term is infrequently heard used in genuine daily use.

April

Noun. Bottom, buttocks, 'arse'. Rhyming slang from April in
Paris rhyming with arris - see 'arris'.

Archer

Noun. £2000. From the amount of money given by Jeffrey
Archer to a prostitute (Monica Coughlan) to enable her to leave the
country, and in order to buy her silence over services rendered. Jeffrey
Archer, ex-member of Parliament and best selling author, served a prison
sentence for perjury and perverting the course of justice.

are you talking to me or chewing a brick

Phrs. Rhetorical, confrontational question to a person who is considered to be talking nonsense of too much.

argue the toss

Vrb phrs. To argue or dispute loudly and at length.

argy-bargy

Noun. Trouble, noisy quarrelling, arguing. {Informal}.

arris

Noun. Buttocks, 'arse'. Convoluted Cockney rhyming slang for
'arse'; Arris, an abbreviation of Aristotle, rhyming with
bottle, and thereafter leading to bottle and glass rhyming
with 'arse'. Also aris.

arrows

Noun. Darts, the equipment and the game itself.

arse

Noun. 1. The buttocks. The similar 'ass' isn't used as frequently,
remaining more of an Americanism. S.e. from 1600s until mid 1800s.
2. An objectionable person.
3. A mistake, a poor job. E.g."He's made such an arse of that plastering
job that I think we'll need to redo it." Exclam. Expressing anger or frustration.

arse about /around

Verb. To mess around, to waste time.

arse about face

Phrs. Back to front.

arse about tit

Phrs. Back to front.

arse-ache

Noun. 1. A bad mood, bad temper. E.g."I've got the arse-ache with my mate - he owes me £200 and won't pay it."
2. A bother, trouble. E.g."It's an arse-ache having to mow the lawn every week. Why can't be just pave over the garden?"

arse antlers

Noun. A wide tattoo located at the base of the back, which typically look a little like antlers. Cf. 'tramp stamp'. [Orig. Aust.]

arse-bandit

Noun. A homosexual male. Derog.

arsed

Adj. Concerned, bothered. Usually heard in the negative sense
of can't be arsed. E.g."I can't be arsed with work today, it's
too damned hot."

arseface

Noun. 1. An ugly person.
2. A contemptible person.

arsehat

Noun. A contemptible person. Anglicized version of the original
U.S. version, 'asshat'. Cf. 'asshat'.